The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-19
the PRIME MINISTER.
The Rev. DR.. Tdmsge's Sermon at
the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
The Force or Christian Character
The Lesson Of the Life and
Career OF Joseph.

improvements and engagements, the
Brooklyn tabernacle was opened to-
day. The SAINT overwhelming throngs
were in attssdsnce 90 before. The
congregation sang with great effect the
hymn:
Before Jshoyah's awful throne
Ys nations bow with sacred Joy;
Hs can create and He destroy"
Alter explaining appropriate pas.
sagss Of Scripture, DR.. Talmage took
his text from Genesis XII, Al. "And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph: See, I
have Get thee over oil the land Of
Eypt.'" The subject Of the sermon
was .The Prime Minister" Dr.. Tai.
msss said;
You cannot keep q good man down.
God has decreed for him q certain ele-
vation 10 which he must attain. He
will briny him through though II cost
Him q thousand worlds. There are
men constantly In trouble lest they
shall OF be appreciated. Every man
comes In the end to be valued at lust
what be Is worth. How often you zee
men Turn out oil their forces to crush
enc man or set Of men. How do they
succeed2 No better than did the gov.
ernment that tried to crush Joseph,
Scripture character on which wo speak
today. II would be an insult to sup.
pose that you were not all familiar
with the life OF Joseph how bis jsal-
GUS brothers threw him into pit, Dut,
9 cling . caravan Of Arabian merchants
moving slong on their camels with
spices and gums that loaded the air
with aroma, cold their brother 10 these
merchants, who carried him down
into Egypt; how Joseph was sold
TO Potiphar, a man Of influence and
tfiics; how by his integrity he raised
himself to high position In the realm,
until under the falto charge OF q vile
wretch he was hurled into the peni.
tentiary; how In prison he command.
ed respect and confidence; how by
the Interpretation Of PharAoh's dream
he was freed and became the chief
man Of the government, the Bismarck
Of the nation; how In time Of famine
Joseph had the control OF q storehous
which he had filed during the seven
yean Of plenty; how when his
brothers, who had thrown him into
the pit and sold him into captivity,
applied for corn he sent them home
with their beasts borne down under
the heft OF the corn sacks; how the
tin against Il cir brother which bad 80
long been hiadea Gene out at last and
was returned by that brothers for
giveness aud kindness, al illustrious
Triumph OF Cnristisn principle.
Learn from this ttcry In the first
place that tbs world 10 com elled TO
homer Cnris,ia1 Q srso.er. Potiphar
was only q m,n OF ths world, yet
Jcs phi rose 10 his estimation until oil
the sfisi,s Of that great houss were
committed TO his charge. From this
servant no honov or condolences
we're withheld. When Joseph was in
prison he soon won the heart OF the
keeper. and, though placed there for
being q tcoundrel, he soon convinced
the aIler that he was an Innocent and
truitsorthy man, and, released from
c'oss confinement, he became the
general superintendent OF prison u
fairs. Wherever Joseph was placed,
whether q servant 10 the house OF
Pollphar or q prisoner In the peniteu-
iiary, he became the first man every.
where, and 10 an illustration OF the
truth i lay down that the world Is
compelled to honor Christian charac.
ter.
There are those who effect 10 desplse
aieligious lie. They speak Of Il as a
system OF phlebotomy by which a man
Ia BLEED OF all his courage and nobility.
They say be has besme.red himself
They pretend TO have no moro conf
dence In him tinoe his conversion tina
before his conversion. Bat all that Il
hypocrisy. 1. Ia impossible for any
man not 10 admire aud COZ ode IA 1
Christian who shows that he bas real Y
bscome q child OF God and Ia what hs
Processes 10 be. You cannot dsspiae I
son or q daughter OF the Lord God Al
mighty. OF course, half aud half 70
ligious character wins no appreciation
Relwald, the King Of the Saxons, aitei
Christian baptism had two sltars, on,
for the worship OF God aud the otheI
for the slorihce OF devils. You ma,
have q contempt for such men, 10
mere pretensiou Of religion, bu, ~her
yod bshold the excellency OF Jesu
Cnrlat come out In the life OF one o
His disciples, all that there 10 TOO,
aud noble In your soul rises mp int,
admiration. Though that Christian
b. a. far beneath Won Ia estate o. Oh,
Egyptian slave OF whom We are die
eu.slng. By an irrevoc,ble Law OF on
nature Po,iphsr and Pharaoh will al
wars estsem Joseph. Chrysos,om
whom threatened with death by Ia
doIia, the Empress. sent word % he
by saying; go tel her that ies
nothing but ein." Such nobility o
character will always be applaudsd
There was something In Agippa an,
Felix which 6emancsd their respec
for Pau, the rebel against government
l doubt not they would willingly hav
yielded theiI otii,e and dignity 10. tn,
thounandth part of that irue heroien
which banned In the eye and beat II
the heart OF the unoonquerable apos
tie. heinhiel and wording are com
PEELED 10 honor In their hearts, thousl
they may not euloslze with their lips
Q Christian arm In persecution, cheer
ful In poverty, trustiul in losses
triumphant IN death. l dad Chris
tian men In all professions aud occu
paiions, aud hnd them respected 40,
honored, and successful. John Fred
erick Olerlin alleviating Ignorance
and distress, John H. ward pas.ipI
rom dungeon 10 laEuetio with heal
ing Tor the BODY aud soul, Elizabeth
Frye coming TO the proaIga OF New
gate prison TO shake down their obdu
racy a. the 81 gel came 10 the prison a
Pbilippi, driving open the doom an,
mapping locks and chains, as we'll a
the lives OF thousands OF the follower
OF Jesus, Who have devoted them
selyee 10 the temporal and spirilua
welfare OF the race, are monuments o
the Christian religion that shall no
crumble while the world lasts. A maj
in the cas- raid; II would like /,
become q Christian, n l only hnev
what religion 10. But u this lying an,
cheating and bad behavior amonl
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